False Friends in Slavic Languages
Czech ‘jeti’
The database knows following meanings of the Czech word ‘jeti’:
- to drive, to ride, to go (syn.: ‘jedl’)
The database has information related to this term for Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Russian and Serbian.
Czech ‘jeti’:
- The Czech meaning ‘to drive, to ride, to go’ is shared by
- The meaning ‘is (to be)’ (not present in Czech ‘jeti’) is attested in Bosnian je, Croatian je and Serbian је.
- The meaning ‘to eat’ (not present in Czech ‘jeti’) is attested in Polish je and Russian ел.
- The meaning ‘to have sex vulg.’ (not present in Czech ‘jeti’, translated as ‘šoustati’) is attested in Russian ети and Russian еть.
NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kashubian, Macedonian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Czech jeti See also: jel |
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Bosnian je |
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Czech jeti See also: jel |
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Croatian je |
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Czech jeti See also: jel |
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Polish je |
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Czech jeti See also: jel |
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Russian I. еть (Syn.: ети) |
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II. ел |
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Czech jeti See also: jel |
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Serbian је |
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‘is (to be)’
‘to eat’
‘to drive, to ride, to go’
‘to have sex vulg.’
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is (to be) | to eat | to drive, to ride, to go | to have sex vulg. | |
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Russian ел | + ate/eaten |
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Polish je | + eats |
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Czech jeti | + | |||
Czech jel | + drove/driven, rode/ridden, went/gone |
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Serbian је | + | |||
Meanings | is (to be) | to eat | to drive, to ride, to go | to have sex vulg. |
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